2-5 (loss)

A single Rays 3 run homer was enough to beat the low scoring Athletics, as this nightmare season plods along.

Rays 5, Athletics 2 FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Oakland (14-30) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 1 Tampa Bay (24-19) 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 x 5 12 0 W: C. Archer (5-4) L: S. Kazmir (2-3) S: B. Boxberger (13) HR: OAK - S. Vogt (10)   TB - E. Longoria (5),S. Souza (7),T. Beckham (5) BOX SCORE|RECAP|GAMETRACKER

Oakland Athletics HITTERS AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG OBP SLG Billy Burns, CF 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .292 .338 .347 Eric Sogard, 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .264 .285 .314 Josh Reddick, RF 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .302 .378 .511 Billy Butler, DH 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 .269 .315 .386 Stephen Vogt, C 5 1 2 1 0 2 4 .309 .408 .610 Brett Lawrie, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .279 .310 .364 Max Muncy, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .265 .366 .529 Andy Parrino, SS 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .000 .000 a-Marcus Semien, SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .300 .346 .482 Sam Fuld, LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 5 .198 .280 .297 TOTALS 36 2 9 2 4 12 25     a-Walked for A Parrino in the 6th. BATTING HR - S Vogt (10) RBI - B Butler (22); S Vogt (31) SF - B Butler (1) BASERUNNING SB - B Burns (5); B Lawrie (2)

Tampa Bay Rays HITTERS AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG OBP SLG Brandon Guyer, CF 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 .289 .375 .422 a-David DeJesus, LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .317 .360 .490 Steven Souza, RF 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 .229 .327 .417 Evan Longoria, 3B 3 1 2 3 1 0 2 .282 .370 .450 Logan Forsythe, DH 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .294 .370 .469 Joey Butler, LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .295 .340 .477 James Loney, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .277 .327 .386 Asdrubal Cabrera, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .211 .264 .342 Tim Beckham, 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .224 .266 .459 Rene Rivera, C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .148 .190 .235 Kevin Kiermaier, CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .246 .290 .423 TOTALS 33 5 12 5 3 5 16     a-Grounded out for B Guyer in the 6th. BATTING 2B - A Cabrera (8) 3B - T Beckham (2) HR - S Souza (7); E Longoria (5); T Beckham (5) RBI - S Souza (17); E Longoria 3 (21); T Beckham (16) S - S Souza (1) BASERUNNING SB - S Souza (7); E Longoria (1)

Oakland Athletics PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Scott Kazmir (L,2-3) 5.2 8 3 2 3 4 1 3.09 Evan Scribner 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2.70 Fernando Abad 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.94 Arnold Leon 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.75

Tampa Bay Rays PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Chris Archer (W,5-4) 5.1 6 1 1 4 8 1 2.40 Brandon Gomes 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.76 Xavier Cedeno 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.59 Kevin Jepsen 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.86 Ernesto Frieri 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 5.30 Brad Boxberger (S,13) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.10